Archived Antiwar.com News from June 27, 2024

News

Updated June 27, 2024 - 8:43 PM EDT

		*House Votes to Bar State Dept From Citing Gazan Health Ministry*
		*Israeli DM: 'Significant Progress' Made on US Arms Shipments*

		*Israel Pounds South Lebanon Town With White Phosphorous*
		Israeli Airstrikes Kill Two in Southern Syria

		EU Expected To Sign Security Agreement With Ukraine
		*Pentagon Chief Speaks With Russian Counterpart, 1st Time in a Year*

Kenya's Ruto Says Tax Bill To Be Withdrawn After Protests

Supreme Court Backs Biden's Social Media Censorship

Viewpoints

	Don't Be Fooled, the Push for Normalization Is About US Dominance by Edward Hunt
	Is a Israel-Hezbollah War Inevitable? by Paul R. Pillar

	Julian Assange Is Free! by Andrew P. Napolitano
	Philosopher Kings or New-Age Militarists? by William D. Hartung
More Viewpoints

Assange Is Free, but Feds' War on Free Speech Continues
by James Bovard

Frontline

	Turkey Says Cyprus Has Become a Military Base Targeting Gaza
	Canadian University Sues Its Own Students Over Encampment for Palestine
	New German Citizens Required To Affirm Israel's Right To Exist

Julian Assange Is Free

	The Pointless Prosecution of Julian Assange
	Julian Assange's Plea Deal Could Chill Press Freedoms
	Julian Assange Was Isolated for More Than a Decade. Here's What That Does to the Body and Mind
	'Julian Is Free': Assange Back Home in Australia After Taking US Plea Deal in 'Espionage' Case
	'Enough Is Enough': How Australia's Diplomacy Led Assange to Freedom
	'Precedent': Julian Assange's Wife Stella Calls for Reform of the US' Espionage Act

Europe

	Orthodox Patriarchate Removed From Ukraine Statement After Turkey Protests
	Britons Face Call-Up To Fight in the Armed Forces if UK Goes to War With Russia, Top Army Chief Warns
	Norway's Largest Pension Fund Divests Stake in Caterpillar Over Israeli Settler Expansion
	French Court Upholds Warrant for Syria's Assad Over Chemical Weapons

Koreas

	North Korea Claims Successful Test To Develop Multiple Warhead Missile
	North Korea Failed Launch Was Possible Hypersonic Weapon: Seoul

India

	US Issues Rare Criticism of India in Religious Freedom Report
	India Exports Rockets, Explosives to Israel Amid Gaza War, Documents Reveal

Afghanistan/Pakistan

	Pakistan Urges Afghan Refugee Repatriation Amid Rising Challenges
	Doha Talks 'In No Way' Recognize Afghan Interim Govt: UN Spokesperson

Sudan

	UNHCR Calls for Urgent Support for Sudanese Refugees in Chad
	Sudan Warring Sides Using Starvation as Weapon: UN Experts
	RSF Continued Shelling in El-Fasher Kills Civilians, Targets Another Hospital

Africa

	Death Toll Rises to 22 a Day After Kenyan Protesters Stormed Parliament
	ICC Convicts Al-Qaeda-Linked Leader of War Crimes in Mali's Timbuktu

The War at Home

	'Spies Who Lie' Leader, Cosigners Were CIA Contractors When They Falsely Implied Hunter Biden Laptop Was Russian Fake
	SXSW Says It Won't Partner With the US Army or Weapons Manufacturers – in 2025
	Air Force Fires Official Overseeing Sentinel Missile Program
	Biden Pardons US Military Vets Convicted Under Revoked Homosexuality Law
	US Jails Ex-Honduras President for 45 Years on Drugs Charges

Gaza

	Ten Children Per Day Losing One or Two Legs in Gaza: UNRWA
	Photos: High Risk of Famine Amid Israel's War on Gaza and Aid Restrictions
	500 Medical Workers Killed During Israel's Military Assault on Gaza, UN Says
	Israeli Drone Strike Kills Sixth MSF Member in Gaza
	'Pier Is Operational': Pentagon Says It Is Working With Aid Agencies
	UN Tells Israel That Risk to Aid Workers in Gaza Is Intolerable
	Summer Heat Brings New Misery to Palestinians in Israel's Gaza Campaign
	Israeli Army Dog Mauling of Elderly Gaza Woman Sparks Concerns
	Six Critically-Ill Children Among First To Leave Gaza Since Rafah Incursion
	Germany Provides a Further $20.4 Million in Aid for Gaza
	Gaza's British Cemeteries Are the Only Ones Israel Isn't Destroying

Israel/Palestine

	Israel-Hezbollah War Would Mean 'Ruin of Third Temple': Former General Itzhak Brik
	Israeli Forces Demolish 17 Homes in the West Bank
	West Bank Violence, Settlement Expansion: UNSC Members Raise Concerns
	A Palestinian Was Shot, Beaten and Tied to an Israeli Army Jeep. The Army Says He Posed No Threat

Lebanon

	Israeli Strike Wounds Five in Lebanon: Media
	Displaced Yet Again, Southern Lebanese Decry Lack of State Support
	Spread of Mideast Conflict to Lebanon 'Potentially Apocalyptic': UN Aid Chief
	IDF Says It Struck Multiple Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon Today
	Three UN Contractors Wounded by Gunfire in South Lebanon
	Erdogan Accuses West of Supporting Israeli Plans to Attack Lebanon
	Fearing a Third Lebanon War, Germany, and Netherlands Warn Their Citizens To Leave Country
	Lebanon Asks UN To Renew UNIFIL Mandate as Pressure Grows on Israel To End Hostilities

Middle East

	Parliamentary Elections in Iraqi Kurdistan Slated for October
	Houthis Disappear Dozens of UN, NGO Staff in Civil Society Crackdown: HRW
	Bahraini Activist Granted UK Citizenship After Threatening Legal Action